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The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL seeking direction to stop alleged funding of separatist organisations in Jammu and Kashmir by the Centre and the state government, saying that the courts should refrain from entering the area.Stating that this PIL does not deserve to be e

The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL seeking direction to stop alleged funding of separatist organisations in Jammu and Kashmir by the Centre and the state government, saying that the courts should refrain from entering the area.

Stating that this PIL does not deserve to be entertained, the bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said the "grant of funds for the purposes of security and otherwise comes within the domain of the Central government.

Pointing out that the issue raised in the PIL was not part of "judicially manageable proceedings", Justice Misra said that "in issues like this the courts have minimum role".

TOUGH STAND AGAINST SEPARATISTS

After Home Minister Rajnath Singh's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, briefing him on the separatists leaders' refusal to hold talks with the all-party delegation, the Central government indicated that it would toughen its stand against the separatist leaders. According to the reports, the Centre will not only scrutinise the bank accounts of the separatists, but also speed up pending investigations in cases against them.

They have also decided to keep an eye on activities of Kashmiri separatists, particularly Hurriyat leaders, and curtail their foreign travel by not issuing them passports.